Natural Sciences

Bachelor

A.Y. 2020/2021

L-32 - Environmental sciences

Course Website

Bachelor

180

ECTS

Access

Limited enrollment with admission test

Years

Course location

Milano

Language

Italian

Course objectives

Aim of this course is to offer a balanced synthesys of knowledge and methods both in the biologic area and in the earth-sciences, which are the bases for professional activities concerning the interpretation and the protection of the recent natural world and its past evolution, focusing specifically on the correlation between organisms, substrate and environment.
The course is aimed to provide the students with an exhaustive learning of the natural world as well as the experimentation of the scientific method for the study of the biologic components, their mutual interactions, and their interactions with the physical environment; it will prepare graduates which will be able to correctly interpret both the biotic and abiotic factors of the environment and their interactions. The studies are widely multidisciplinary, ranging from biology to geology and to geography, with robust bases of chemistry and physics.

Career and employment

The course is aimed to prepare graduates who could have access to works with technical and professional functions in surveys and in the analysis, classification, preservation and recovery of the biotic components of the aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems. These activities could be carried out in parks, natural reserves, museums, and teaching institutions. Graduates in this discipline could also be employed in the analysis and monitoring of systems and biological processes both in natural settings and in anthropic ones, in order to preserve the natural environment, to check and ameliorate its quality, to identify and protect the natural and cultural heritage.
Employment statistics (Almalaurea)

Entry requirements

Candidates with a high school diploma or an equivalent foreign qualification according to M.D. October 22, 2004 n.270 can be admitted to the three-year degree course in Natural Sciences.

The degree course in Natural Sciences is limited in number to 300 positions in the first year in order to guarantee the quality of the educational offer and it requires the completion of a TOLC-S (CISIA Online Test) as test of access.

The TOLC-S can be taken at the University of Milan or any other university belonging to CISIA (Interuniversity Consortium Integrated Access Systems). Registration for the TOLC-S must be made on the CISIA website (ww.cisiaonline.it). The TOLC-S comprises the following sections: Basic mathematics (20 questions - 50 minutes), Reasoning and problems (10 questions - 20 minutes), Text-comprehension (20 questions - 10 minutes), Basic sciences (10 questions - 20 minutes). Each question has 5 possible answers, only one of which is correct. Scores are as follows: +1 for every correct answer, -0.25 for every wrong answer, 0 for every answer not given. In TOLC-S, there is also a section of English, consisting of 30 questions to be carried out in 15 minutes, the outcome of which does not contribute to the test score.

For any other information about the TOLC test please visit https://www.cisiaonline.it/area-tematica-tolc-scienze/struttura-della-prova-e-syllabus/.

The requirements and the announcement are available at https://scienzenaturali.cdl.unimi.it/it/iscriversi.

Students who have completed the TOLC-S and have enrolled for admission to the degree course in Natural Sciences, will be included in the merit ranking, formulated on the basis of the score reported in the test. The winners will be able to matriculate within the deadlines indicated in the announcement. The students who have not achieved a score greater than or equal to 10 in the Mathematics will be assigned Additional Training Obligations (OFA).

Support activities will be organized for students with OFA, followed by a recovery test. The students who do not pass the recovery test will not be able to take any second year exam before having passed the exam of Institutions of Mathematics and Statistics (link: https://scienzenaturali.cdl.unimi.it/it/studiare/le- freshmen).

More information is available at https://www.unimi.it/it/studiare/frequenta-un-corso-di-laurea/iscriversi/iscriversi-una-prima-laurea

Study abroad

As part of the ERASMUS + program, agreements have been made with Spanish, French and Romanian universities for students enrolled in the Bachelor's Degree in Natural Sciences. Diring the study period abroad the students can attend courses and take the related exams, and carry out research for the degree thesis. Students admitted to the mobility program must submit a study plan proposal that includes the training activities they plan to carry out abroad. The number of CFU of the proposed plan must, as far as possible, correspond to what the student would acquire in an equivalent period of time at his university. The proposed activities, chosen as part of the host university's educational activities, must be consistent with the educational project of the degree course. The study plan must be submitted for approval to the Erasmus Commission of the Collegio Didattico Interdipartimentale. The Commission may ask the student to integrate the program of an exam taken in the host university with an interview to be carried out in the University of Milano on an agreed supplementary program. At the end of the mobility program, in compliance with the University guidelines, the exams passed in the approved study plan will be recorded in the student's career with the original name of the course in the host foreign university, and their ECTS converted into CFU and the vote expressed in thirtieths.

Course attendance

Mandatory for laboratory activities, field research and stages; recommended for other teaching activities.

Courses list

Single curriculum

year

Courses or activities	ECTS	Total hours	Language	SSD
Compulsory
Botany	12	104	Italian	BIO/01 BIO/02
- Morphology of land plants	6
- Systematic Botany	6
Chemistry	10	92	Italian	CHIM/03 CHIM/06
- General Chemistry	4
- Organic Chemistry	6
Fundamental of mathematics and statistics	12	120	Italian	MAT/01 MAT/02 MAT/03 MAT/04 MAT/05 MAT/06 MAT/07 MAT/08 MAT/09
- Mathematics	8
- Statistics	4
Zoology	12	100	Italian	BIO/05
- General Zoology	4
- Systematic Zoology	8

First semester

Courses or activities	ECTS	Total hours	Language	SSD
Compulsory
General and environmental biology with elements of Histology	8	68	Italian	BIO/06
Physical geography and cartography	8	68	Italian	GEO/04

Second semester

Courses or activities	ECTS	Total hours	Language	SSD
Compulsory
Physics	6	56	Italian	FIS/01 FIS/02 FIS/03 FIS/04 FIS/05 FIS/06 FIS/07 FIS/08

Undefined

Courses or activities	ECTS	Total hours	Language	SSD
Compulsory
English assessment B1 (2 ECTS)	2	0	Italian

year

Courses or activities	ECTS	Total hours	Language	SSD
Compulsory
Ecology and behavioural ecology	15	124	Italian	BIO/07
- Behavioural ecology	6
- Ecology	9

First semester

Courses or activities	ECTS	Total hours	Language	SSD
Compulsory
Comparative anatomy	7	60	Italian	BIO/06 BIO/16
Genetics	8	76	Italian	BIO/18
Mineralogy	6	52	Italian	GEO/06
Paleontology	6	52	Italian	GEO/01

Second semester

Courses or activities	ECTS	Total hours	Language	SSD
Compulsory
General and environmental physiology	8	64	Italian	BIO/09
Geology	6	52	Italian	GEO/02
Petrography	6	52	Italian	GEO/07

First semester

Courses or activities	ECTS	Total hours	Language	SSD
Optional
Developmental biology	6	48	Italian	BIO/01 BIO/06
Environmental microbiology	6	48	Italian	BIO/19
Freshwater biology	6	64	Italian	BIO/05
General entomology	6	48	Italian	AGR/11
Geopedology	6	48	Italian	GEO/04
Nature conservation	6	52	Italian	BIO/07
Vertebrate zoology	6	52	Italian	BIO/05

Second semester

Courses or activities	ECTS	Total hours	Language	SSD
Compulsory
Evolutionary biology	6	48	Italian	BIO/02 BIO/05 BIO/18 BIO/19
Geographic Information Systems	6	56	Italian	INF/01
Optional
Anthropology and archaeological excavation	6	48	Italian	BIO/08
Climatology	6	48	Italian	GEO/04
Geobotany	6	48	Italian	BIO/02
Geomorphology	6	48	Italian	GEO/04
Mineral resources and environmental interactions	6	56	Italian	GEO/09
Paleontology heritage and excavations	6	48	Italian	GEO/01
Plant physiology	6	48	Italian	BIO/04
Quaternary climat changes	6	48	Italian	GEO/02
Vascular plants	6	48	Italian	BIO/01 BIO/02

Undefined

Courses or activities	ECTS	Total hours	Language	SSD
Compulsory
Final exam	4	0	Italian

Study plan rules

1 - Lo studente dovrà acquisire 12 CFU scegliendo tra gli insegnamenti di seguito elencati, di cui non più di 6 CFU in ambito Ecologico (BIO/03-BIO/07-GEO/04).

Courses or activities	ECTS	Total hours	Language	Lesson period	SSD
Developmental biology	6	48	Italian	First semester	BIO/01 BIO/06
Environmental microbiology	6	48	Italian	First semester	BIO/19
Freshwater biology	6	64	Italian	First semester	BIO/05
General entomology	6	48	Italian	First semester	AGR/11
Geopedology	6	48	Italian	First semester	GEO/04
Nature conservation	6	52	Italian	First semester	BIO/07
Vertebrate zoology	6	52	Italian	First semester	BIO/05
Anthropology and archaeological excavation	6	48	Italian	Second semester	BIO/08
Climatology	6	48	Italian	Second semester	GEO/04
Geobotany	6	48	Italian	Second semester	BIO/02
Geomorphology	6	48	Italian	Second semester	GEO/04
Mineral resources and environmental interactions	6	56	Italian	Second semester	GEO/09
Paleontology heritage and excavations	6	48	Italian	Second semester	GEO/01
Plant physiology	6	48	Italian	Second semester	BIO/04
Quaternary climat changes	6	48	Italian	Second semester	GEO/02
Vascular plants	6	48	Italian	Second semester	BIO/01 BIO/02

2 - Lo studente dovrà acquisire autonomamente 12 cfu tra tutti gli insegnamenti attivati dall'Ateneo (meglio se scelti all'interno dell'area scientifica), purchè coerenti con il progetto formativo, previa valutazione da parte del proprio tutor e approvazione da parte della Commissione preposta. Rientrano pertanto in questa scelta anche gli insegnamenti sopra elencati (in questo caso non è necessaria l'approvazione di tutor e commissione).

Second semester

Courses or activities	ECTS	Total hours	Language	SSD
Compulsory
Field activity, training activity and laboraties	8	48	Italian

Curriculum propedeutical courses

L'esame di Petrografia deve essere preceduto da quello di Mineralogia.

Prescribed foundation courses

Learning activity	Prescribed foundation courses
Petrography	Mineralogy (compulsory)

Course location

Location

Milano

Course locations

Sede corsi: Dipartimento di Bioscienze (via Celoria 26), Settore Didattico (via Celoria 20, via Golgi 19, via Venezian 14), Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra (via Mangiagalli 34 e via Botticelli 23)

Laboratory locations

Sede laboratori: Dipartimento di Bioscienze (via Celoria 26), Settore Didattico (via Celoria 20, via Golgi 19, via Venezian 14), Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra (via Mangiagalli 34 e via Botticelli 23)

Contacts

Reference structures

Department of Biosciences

Department of Earth Sciences "Ardito Desio"

Department of Environmental Science and Policy

Contacts

Prof.ssa Lucia Angiolini
via Luigi Mangiagalli 34 (primo piano)
lucia.angiolini@unimi.it
Ufficio per la Didattica
via Botticelli, 23
cclsn@unimi.it
Segreterie Studenti
via Celoria 18
https://www.unimi.it/it/node/359/
+39199188128 (numero a pagamento)
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Biblioteche
https://www.unimi.it/it/studiare/biblioteche

Fees, scholarships and benefits

The tuition fees for students enrolled in Bachelor's, Master's and single-cycle degree programmes are divided into two instalments with different calculation methods and payment schedules:

The amount of the first instalment is the same for all students
The amount of the second instalment varies according to the ISEE University value, the degree programme and the student status (on track / off track for one year or off track for more than a year)
An additional fee is due for online programmes

The University also offers:

Concessions for students meeting high merit requirements
Diversified tuition fees according to the student's home country for international students with assets/income abroad
Concessions for international students with refugee status

Scholarships and benefits

The University provides a range of financial benefits to students meeting special requirements (merit, financial or personal conditions, international students).

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